In preparation for a session at the 2015 Arts Festival Conference, artist and show director Carla Fox (Art in the High Desert – Bend, OR) and artist David Bjurstrom surveyed the field to learn the general consensus about what makes for a strong booth photo. Pairing together their many years of experience in the art fair industry with these survey findings, Fox and Bjurstrom created recommend...

ZAPP consistently updates the site and introduces small tweaks to make your experience even better! Check out what’s been changed or addressed most recently: Administrator Side: – Fixed BUG: The “Close” Button Now Works on Emails in ZAPP  Administrators looking at past emails sent to artists under the communication history could not close the preview modal by clicking the...

Dear administrators, Spring is upon us! In light of new beginnings, join us in saying farewell to Susan Walicki and Kate Kreutz, two lovely ladies who have supported you and the ZAPP program for the last three years. At the same time, we’re pleased to introduce the newest ZAPPers who you’ll be working with, Justina Braziulyte and Mareike Bergen! Read on to learn about noteworthy enhancements...

Have you ever wondered what a projected jury is and what shows jury with this method? We’ve compiled a list of shows (as of March 2018) that use the ZAPP system and JuryBuddy™ application to project artist images during the jury. Please note this list includes only events that use the ZAPP projection method to jury. See one we missed? Let us know by emailing ContactZAPP@westaf.org! What is...

We’d like to announce two exciting enhancements to zapplication.org to make the application process even easier! Keep reading to learn more about these new artist tools… NEW FEATURE: Save and store artist statements for future use on applications. After hearing your requests, we’ve introduced the ability for you to save and edit artist statements within your portfolio. You can then inser...